After staying the night in Durango with a friend, Mark and I headed north hoping to ski one of the many incredible lines the San Juans has to offer. We got in touch with a friend who lives in Silverton and set our sights on the “Turkey chute”: a locally popular ski line up Arrastra gulch just outside of the town. We woke up early and made our way to the trailhead, finding the storm that we expected to move in later in the day already well on its way. By the time we got to the trailhead there were READ MORE
Category: Backcountry Skiing
Podcast Release!
About a month ago, Mark and I did an interview with Mason Gravely from “The Adventure Sports Podcast” about our ski traverse of the Colorado trail. The episode was just published and you can listen to it on the podcast website, adventuresportspodcast.com, or find episode 882 The First Ski Traverse of the Colorado Trail – Nicolette Jones & Mark Johnson of The Adventure Sports Podcast on most streaming services. If you want to learn more about our experience, you can read my blog post about it here and find a piece I published in Wild Snow here.